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UN PEACEBUILDING FUND TO SPEND $15 MILLION ON LIBERIAN PROJECTS: 17/12/07 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 17 December 2007 --The
United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, set up to help countries emerging from
conflict avoid slipping back into war or chaos, has agreed to provide Liberia
with $15 million over the next two years to fund projects in the West African
nation.
Reducing
poverty, promoting national reconciliation and providing employment and other
opportunities for ex-combatants and young people are expected to be the focus of
many of the approved projects.
Senior
UN peacebuilding officials have provisionally approved Liberia’s initial
submission on priority issues for funding, according to a joint announcement
today by the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the country’s Ministry of
Internal Affairs. This follows Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s decision two
months ago to declare Liberia eligible for financing from the Fund.
A
steering committee, to be co-chaired by Jordan Ryan, the Secretary-General’s
Deputy Special Representative in Liberia for Recovery and Governance, will be
established, bringing together representatives of the UN, the national
Government, the World Bank, donors and civil society.
The
committee will be tasked with overseeing the selection of projects and the
allocation of funding, and next month the first meetings will be held with
prospective partners – including Government agencies, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and civil society groups – to share application criteria
and guidelines.
Carolyn
McAskie, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, said the
Liberian Government intends to focus on three areas outlined in its poverty
reduction strategy: “promoting national reconciliation and managing conflict;
addressing the needs of affected youth and former combatants; and bolstering the
State’s capacity for peace consolidation.”
Set up
last year by the UN Secretary-General, the Peacebuilding Fund is designed to
serve as a bridge between the phases of conflict and recovery, a period when
other forms of financing are often not available to struggling nations. So far
more than $222 million has been committed.
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